Colour

#E4BDF0

#E4BDF0
Violet
Light
Nearest: Plum

#E4BDF0 is a violet with RGB values 228, 189, 240 and HSL 286°, 63%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#E4BDF0#E4BDF0

HEX#E4BDF0

RGBrgb(228, 189, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7412, 0.9412

RGB percentages89.4%, 74.1%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(285.9, 63%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(285.9, 21.2%, 94.1%)

CMYK5%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,990,832

CSS custom property--colour: #E4BDF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.84:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1B420F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7C8F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0CCEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#E4C2CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 12.8 Thistle · ΔE 14.5 Pink · ΔE 23.5 Lavender · ΔE 24.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 24.7 Light pink · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C9F0BD

Analogous#CBBDF0, #F0BDE3

Triadic#F0E4BD, #BDF0E4

Split complementary#E3F0BD, #BDF0CB

Tetradic#F0CBBD, #C9F0BD, #BDE3F0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F5E7F9

Darker −10%#D393E7

Darker −20%#C26ADD

Darker −30%#B140D4

Darker −40%#962AB7

More saturated +25%#E9B3FA

Less saturated −25%#DFC7E6

Channel breakdown

R228

G189

B240

Red228 (89.4%)

Green189 (74.1%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue285.88°

Saturation (HSL)62.96%

Lightness84.12%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR E4 · G BD · B F0

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Colour values

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